DOUBTING SALVATION BECAUSE OF SIN
SIN IN OUR LIFE CAN CAUSE US TO DOUBT OUR SALVATION. WE THINK THAT WE HAVE MESSED UP OR BLOWN UP SO BAD THAT GOD COULDN’T POSSIBLY CONTINUE TO FORGIVE US. BUT GOD KNOWS WE SIN AND HAS PROVIDED A WAY TO DEAL WITH IT. HERE ARE FEW THINGS THAT CAN THAT HELP.
A. I JOHN 1:9 “IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS” THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE IS FOR NON BELIEVERS, BUT MOSTLY FOR BELIEVERS. IT HAS BEEN A LIFESAVER FOR ME; GOD HAS DRAWN ME TO THIS VERSE COUNTLESS TIMES. FACT IS, WHAT IS THE MARK OF A MATURE CHRISTIAN?
HOW FAST CAN YOU REPENT, IS THE ANSWER. THEREFORE, COME HOME TO THIS SCRIPTURE AND CONFESS, TURN AROUND BELIEVE YOU ARE FORGIVEN AND CARRY ON JUST AS IF YOU NEVER STEPPED OUT OF LINE. THE ENEMY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP YOU FROM DOING THIS AND THEN IF YOU DID, HE WANTS YOU TO THINK YOU WEREN’T FORGIVEN AND STILL DRAG IT OUT. NO! FOREVER NO! YOU REPENT! YOU ARE CLEANSED! YOU GO FORWARD, BELIEVE IT.
B. II CHRONICLES 7: 14 “IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND.”
C. BUT WHAT IF I DO THE SAME THING AGAIN AND AGAIN? GOOD QUESTION, LET’S GO TO JESUS ANSWER. WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED IN MATTHEW 18:22 WHEN PETER ASKED HOW MANY TIMES SHOULD I FORGIVE SOMEONE WHO COMES AGAINST ME, 7 TIMES? SO THE LORD SAYS NOT JUST 7 BUT 70 TIMES 7. THINKING THIS THROUGH, THAT IS 490 TIMES.
SO THE ANSWER IS YOU CAN COME FOR FORGIVENESS AS MANY TIMES AS IT TAKES FOR YOU TO BELIEVE AND THEN NOT SIN. HOWEVER, GOD IS NOT TO BE MOCKED YOU CAN’T SIN ALL YOU WANT BECAUSE YOU CAN GET FORGIVEN, AND IF YOU DO, THEN YOU HAVE TEMPTED THE LORD.
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PASTOR JOHN
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